Gardens of the Palace of Versailles

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French formal garden formal garden historic garden tourist attraction

The Gardens of the Palace of Versailles are an expansive and meticulously formal French landscape ensemble renowned for their grand geometric layout, ornamental fountains, and symbolic expression of royal power under Louis XIV.

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Label Occurrences
Gardens of Versailles 16
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles canonical 2
gardens of Versailles 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French formal garden ⓘ
formal garden ⓘ
historic garden ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
annualVisitors several million per year ⓘ
area approximately 800 hectares ⓘ
commissionedBy Louis XIV of France ⓘ
constructionStart 1661 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
designedBy André Le Nôtre ⓘ
Charles Le Brun ⓘ
Louis Le Vau ⓘ
feature Apollo Fountain ⓘ
Grand Canal ⓘ
Grand Trianon ⓘ
surface form: Grand Trianon gardens

Latona Fountain ⓘ
Neptune Fountain ⓘ
Orangery of Versailles ⓘ
Petit Trianon ⓘ
surface form: Petit Trianon gardens

bosquets ⓘ
canals ⓘ
geometric layout ⓘ
ornamental fountains ⓘ
parterres ⓘ
statues ⓘ
topiary ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique of France ⓘ
includedIn Château de Versailles ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Palace and Park of Versailles
irrigationSystem Machine de Marly (historical water supply system) ⓘ
layoutAxis east–west axis ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
Yvelines ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
maintainedBy Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Établissement public du château, du musée et du domaine national de Versailles
notablePeriod reign of Louis XIV ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Château de Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles
plantSpecies boxwood ⓘ
lime trees ⓘ
yew trees ⓘ
style Baroque garden ⓘ
French formal garden style ⓘ
symbolizes absolute monarchy ⓘ
control of nature ⓘ
royal power ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
viewOrientation towards the setting sun ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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André Le Nôtre → designed → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
Petit Trianon → locatedIn → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Park of the Palace of Versailles
Jules Hardouin-Mansart → notableWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orangerie of Versailles
French formal garden → exemplifiedBy → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte → influenced → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) → relatedWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Le Nôtre → notableWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: André Le Nôtre
Marie Jacquelin → notableWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: André Le Nôtre
this entity surface form: gardens of the Palace of Versailles
Lower Park → inspiredBy → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Boboli Gardens → influenced → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Versailles gardens
Louis Le Vau → notableWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Versailles garden façade
William Welles Bosworth → notableWork → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Replanning of Versailles gardens (restoration work)
Château de Versailles → notableFeature → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
A Little Chaos → mainSubject → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: gardens of Versailles
Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles → responsibleFor → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: gardens of Versailles
Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles → responsibleFor → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: park of Versailles
Estate of Trianon → partOf → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Park of Versailles
Estate of Trianon → adjacentTo → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Hameau de la Reine → locatedIn → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Grand Canal → location → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Canal (Versailles)
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Grand Canal → formsAxisOf → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Canal (Versailles)
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Grand Canal → isFocalPointOf → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Canal (Versailles)
this entity surface form: Palace of Versailles gardens
Grand Canal → category → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
subject surface form: Grand Canal (Versailles)
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Latona Fountain → locatedIn → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Apollo Fountain → locatedIn → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Orangery of Versailles → partOf → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Orangery of Versailles → hasViewOf → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Neptune Fountain → locatedIn → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles
Versailles-Rive-Gauche → servesTouristAttraction → Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gardens of Versailles